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- meaning - Difference between publicly and publically - English . . .
Though "publicly" is far more common than "publically", it is bucking the trend The OED has the following numbers of entries for the endings "-icly" and "-ically": 63 vs 2100 Some of those "-ically" will be from words in "-ical" of course, but it has only 3500 "-ical" entries as against 11000 in "-ic"
- word choice - Publicly well known X vs public well known X . . .
The difference is that in the first, the adverb publicly modifies the adjective (well-known), not the noun This is grammatically correct In the second, the adjective public modifies the noun (project), not the adjective More common in this case would be to switch the adjectives (The well-known public project)
- phrase requests - A word to describe not caring (socially and . . .
However, in my opinion (which may not be accurate) selfish and thoughtless are not necessarily "socially and publicly" Antisocial seems to describe more a mental state rather than a behavior, not to mention that it may be too strong because it also implies arbitrary and capricious killing, robbing, stealing, and other crimes
- punctuation - Should there be a hyphen in expressions such as . . .
My natural instinct is to hyphenate expressions such as "currently-available", "currently-implemented", etc , when they modify a noun Example: "the currently-available version of X" It seems to me
- terminology - Publicly available but privately owned - English Language . . .
How about 'publicly accessible' - data, writing, journals etc This does not state explicitly that it is 'under copyright' but I'm not sure why you would need to state that anyway Aren't all or most kinds of written articles naturally under the copyright of the author? So won't people just expect that anyway?
- vocabulary - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
1 publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm • "the senator made himself famous as a pinch-penny watchdog of public spending, lampooning dubious federal projects" synonyms: satirize, mock, ridicule, make fun of, caricature, burlesque, parody, tease (Google)
- Looking for a word to describe a person who lies invents stories to . . .
The first part of your question --a person who lies and invents stories scenarios to elicit sympathy-- sounds like a form of Munchausen Syndrome (as others have mentioned):
- grammar - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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